Non-profit

Women’s Environment and Development Organization

Website:

wedo.org

Location:

NEW YORK, NY

Tax ID:

52-1238773

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2016):

Revenue: $1,163,942
Expenses: $1,243,708
Assets: $428,000

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Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is a 501(c)(3) global women’s advocacy group. The WEDO’s main concern is women’s rights; environmental and economic justice; and sustainable development principles. WEDO promotes women in leadership roles and increasing gender equality.

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

In December 2021, the Women’s Environment and Development Organization was one of more than 100 groups co-signed an open letter opposing the nuclear power production tax credits offered in HR 5376, the House of Representatives draft of the Build Back Better Act. The groups identified nuclear power as a one of several “unproven and unnecessary technologies” and “harmful energy sources” that “would extend demand for fossil fuels.” 1

Nuclear power plants produce no carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions, and as of 2021 accounted for 20 percent of American electricity production—the largest source of zero carbon electricity in the United States. 2  An October 2018 proposal from The Nature Conservancy noted that zero-carbon nuclear plants produced 7.8 percent of total world energy output and recommended reducing carbon emissions by increasing nuclear capacity to 33 percent of total world energy output. 3

References

  1. Asian Pacific Environmental Network, et al . . . Letter to U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee for December 14, 2021. “Dear Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Senate Finance Committee Chair Wyden, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, and Committee Members . . .” Accessed June 25, 2024. https://unitedfrontlinetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/No-False-Solutions-in-BBBA-Letter-to-Senate-20211214-FINAL.pdf
  2. “Nuclear explained.” U.S. Energy Information Administration. Accessed August 16, 2021. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/us-nuclear-industry.php
  3. “The Science of Sustainability.” The Nature Conservancy. October 13, 2018. Accessed August 16, 2021. https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/the-science-of-sustainability
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: February 1, 1982

  • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2016 Dec Form 990 $1,163,942 $1,243,708 $428,000 $35,497 N $1,132,696 $6,750 $38 $134,191
    2015 Dec Form 990 $1,741,432 $1,816,760 $624,376 $153,218 N $1,713,911 $0 $116 $68,905 PDF
    2014 Dec Form 990 $1,443,910 $932,418 $599,313 $51,922 N $1,406,327 $9,027 $40 $63,240 PDF
    2013 Dec Form 990 $762,681 $944,541 $94,133 $57,190 N $644,760 $63,589 $40 $98,406 PDF
    2012 Dec Form 990 $1,309,188 $1,263,626 $323,901 $104,969 N $1,255,344 $2,450 $150 $86,961 PDF
    2011 Dec Form 990 $1,087,459 $1,218,973 $278,329 $105,163 N $929,731 $108,209 $155 $89,058 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    Women’s Environment and Development Organization

    9 EAST 37TH ST 5TH FLOOR
    NEW YORK, NY 10016-2822